LORAC Alter Ego Eye Shadow Palette in Dream Girl

You know that as soon as I saw the limited edition LORAC Alter Ego Eye Shadow Palette in Dream Girl I was totally getting it, didn’t you? Yep, I just can’t resist these!

First of all can we discuss how pretty the coral packaging is? It just screams SUMMER IS COMING and one cannot look away. And then the colors inside! Wow. There are neutrals, brights, mattes, and shimmers included. Cool-toned shades and warm-toned ones. Enough colors to make a wide variety of lighter, brighter or smokier looks.

Swatched over primer

The first shade is an intense yellow/gold duochrome.

The second is a medium milk chocolate brown matte.

The third is a peachy/gold with slight duochrome pearl effect.

The fourth is a bright blue matte with slight sheen.

The fifth is a pale pearly white.

Swatched over primer

The sixth shade is a intense copper metallic.

The seventh shade is a vivid purple with micro-glitter.

The eighth shade is a bright mossy green with shimmer.

The ninth shade is a deep chocolate brown metallic.

The tenth shade is a bright pink/white pearl.

Call me biased (because I love all these palettes) but I love this! All of the shades are pretty and very nicely pigmented over a primer. Many of them go together beautifully and as mentioned above, so many eye-looks can be created with these shades. And at $24.00, I think it’s a great buy.

You can find this limited edition palette only at Kohl’s or on LORAC’s website and it’s $24.00.

Although I want to love it, as it has a gorgeous colors, I am having a difficult time with so much fall out from the glittery shades in the palette and not enough lasting power from my favorite shade in teal. Everytime I’ve applied the shadows have ended up all over my face making me glittery and staining my face, which is also difficult to get off. Is primer a must with lorac products? Perhaps best applied wet? The Matte shades didn’t last long on my skin, even as I was applying it seemed to fade quickly. Perhaps they are so blendable they fall off my eyes? Lastly, the larger bottom shades don’t show up on my fair skin. It doesn’t irritate my eyes but I just don’t think it is performing as it should. 🙁

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